Blog: extrawack!

The Hoboken Rock City guy, Mike C. , is hosting his free monthly party Wednesday night...a perfect place to wander to after the Art Brut show at Bowery: at MANITOBA'S 99 Avenue B (at 7th St.), NYC no cover, 21+ Speaking of Mike's, no cover parties, and Hoboken, Mix Master Mike is playing a free show at Lana on River Street in Hoboken Friday night. Sure it's a mook bar, but it's MMM and free. He really is amazing to watch and hear [...]

I just noticed that TicketWeb has put more tickets on sale for tomorrow's The Stills show at Mercury Lounge here . Looks like the Wednesday show is still sold out solid. FYI, here's set times for both nights: - 9:45 - THE STILLS - 8:30 - SAM ROBERTS - 7:30 - FAVOURITE SONS I'm hoping to get there early enough to catch all three sets. Look for me, I'll be the [...]

Yeah, baby! Opening day! To celebrate, here's video of an old promo for a Mets vs Braves series from 1983 on WOR-TV...dig the disco music bed and the big cut Rusty Staub takes halfway through:

All this weekend, Sirius is celebrating the release of the new Morrissey album by programming it''s "First Wave" Channel 22 with nothing but Smiths and Mozza music. I'm a big Sirius fan, and enjoy my receiver in the car, but I really love the fact that I can listen to the zillions of music channels online. Here's a link to a free online trial of SIRIUS'commercial-free music channels that lasts for 3 days, long enough for you to enjoy the Smiths stuff. No credit [...]

The trip was incredible, thanks for asking. When your day's most important question is "Should I go to the beach now, or stay in this giant bed a little longer?", it's a good holiday. This was the view from my lounge chair where I spent the week reading " On The Road With The Ramones ", the book written by longtime Ramones tour manager Monte Melnick...a great read for any fan of the band. Saint Martin is known for it's amazing restaurants and extravagant cuisine, but I'm all about the cheap plate of local food. I [...]

So I'm leaving on a trip to the Caribbean tomorrow for about a week, and as I type this I'm loading the iPod with some stuff that I think I'll need to make the transition from "scrambled guy from Jersey trying to make it through the cold weather doldrums" to "resting guy in St. Martin on a lounge chair under an umbrella drinking blue-colored cocktails and thinking about ordering a grouper sandwich". Here's what I'm loading for the trip: The Lovely Feathers - Hind Hind Legs [...]

One of the CD's that has taken up the most time in my player this year is Two Gallants ' What The Toll Tells . A guitar & drums duo from San Francisco, these guys tell cool stories over bluesy rock (or is it rocky blues?) in a unique way that fends off lazy White Stripes and Black Keys comparisons. They are playing Bowery next month, and I can't wait to hear and feel their sound live. And don't they look like Matthew Sweet and Jeff Foxworthy in the photo [...]

Someone slid me a copy of a CD sampler of Scandinavian bands that played SXSW, and there is a track by a Danish band called VETO on it that will not leave my head. Edgy and new wavey, it kind of sounds like a more-rock/less-disco version of VHS Or Beta...and it sounds great in the car. Their bio on their website is in Danish, so I don't know much about them, but info on the sampler clains they are "the new shooting stars of Danish rock." [...]

As I recover from last night's fun and rambuncious Pogues show (and it's associated hangover), here are a few tips while I wait for the ibuprofen to do it's thing: Lets Kiss And Make Up features inelligent but fun musical discourse on the good stuff, both new and old. He's hipped me to more than a few good new bands, most notably Eagle*Seagull , and the mp3's he posts have filled a few notable gaps in my music collection. Mars Needs Guitars has been posting a series of [...]

Here are three songs for you to listen to while I attempt to not wipe-out in some dude's semi-digested corned beef on the floor at Nokia during The Pogues' set tonight: The Chalets - "Nightrocker" mp3 buy Thin Lizzy - "Whiskey In The Jar" mp3 buy The Undertones - "Jimmy Jimmy (Live at Maxwell's, Hoboken, 5/05)" mp3 And here's a bit of Irish history for you: [...]

Hear Colleen shake it up at The Royale in Brooklyn tonight, like she does on her Saturday morning show "Sandy Acres Sound Lab" on East Village Radio :

Opening acts have been announced for the string of Pogues dates in NYC starting this weekend: 16 March: The Slackers, William Elliott Whitmore 17 March: The Walkmen , William Elliott Whitmore 18 March: The Slackers , William Elliott Whitmore 19 March: Towers Of London , Seanchai & The Unity Squad Here's two St. Patty's Day iPod tuneups and a video for you: Seanchai & The Unity Squad - "Irish Catholic Boy" mp3 buy [...]